July 18, 2004
On how language is used for power
by Liza Sabater
The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Contributor: Failure Is Not an Option, It's Mandatory. This reminds me of a sidelink I posted not long ago, c u l t u r e k i t c h e n: Linguistics, semiotics and power >> George Lakoff on how conservatives use language to dominate politics. Both are excellent summaries of how important it is for politics and, ironically, how post-modern linguistics have been exploited by the right wingers and conservatives in this country. Ironically because deconstruction and post-structuralism's main theorists are all lefty Marxist pinkos (think Foucault, think Said, think Derrida).
Posted by Liza Sabater in George Lakoff, Jacques Derrida, Language, Linguistics, Michel Foucault, Politics, Sidelinks
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